Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
HERE THEY ARE.
MonOpolistic Creations OF the Rish Tariff
Robbery.

Robbery.
Philadelphia Record.
The people OF the United States ere
daily told By the advocates Of protection
that the tariff system does not need any
reform, and that any change In it should
be in the direction Of higher rates Of duty.
This daring assertion is made in pres
ence Ct the fact that under the operation
Of the tariff legitimate competition is
stif@d, and the trade in many Leading
nscessaries OF living controlled absolutely
by mOnopolies. Here are some Of the
monopolistic creations and outgrowths Of
our injquitOus tariff system which have
oppressed and pluuderad the people OF
thi8 country through the power which
the tarif has conferred upon them:
The Bessemer Steel Monopoly.
TIE CrucibIe Steel Trust.
The Nail Association.
The Goal Combination.
TIE Coke Combination.
The LUMBER Trust.
The Sugar Trust.
The Sail Combination.
The Flour bsg Trust.
The Maine Ssfdiue fraud.
The WALLPAPER Trust.
The Window GlAss Combination.
The B2rb-Wire Ring.
The Lead Trust.
The School State Trust.
The Sheet-Z nc Monopoly.
The Russia Saeet-IrOn Monopoly.
This does not by any mean6 exhaust the
number of fairfield monopoliaa, but the
above will enable consumers in the United
States 10 form very clear conception of
the extent 10 which they have been plum
dered By a system Of legal fraud ana OPP
preston. Let the American workingmen
carefully scsn this partial list and say how
much protection there is in it for them.
While the prices of many Of the necessa-
ries and comforts of their
families have been cruelty enhanced
by this system, tdey must sell their daily
labor for what it will bring in the open
market. Millions Of people are plundered
in order to minister 70 the greed CT few
ulonopolies. II the duties on the neces-
saries of living should be repealed the
wages Of workingmen would be practi-
callP enhanced, since consumers would
pay less for their commodities. II the
duties on raw materials should at the
same time be abolished the dcld OF pro-
ducGon would be widenei and employ
ment for labor in all departments of in
dustfy Wou be mere secure and more re-
muuefative.
Toward the accomplishment OF this
bene ficens economical reform one of the
first steps would be repeal OF duties on
Ell commodities which monopoly he's IN
dertsken to control under shelter Of the
tariff. But 10 defeAt this as well as all
other tariff reforms tie advocates and
benefciaries CT monopoly are preparing
to make descent upon Washington, Al
ready their protestatlons ara appear
ing in the newspapers, and it will
require all the fgmneEs and courage nt
the true representatives Of the people
to resist them. To the business interests
they hold up the pretended danger Of
financial reaction from system which
they confess TO be false and mschievoue.
To workiagmen they repeat the Old man-
ace of foreign competition and "pauper
labor" when that competition and that
labor are doing their worst under exist
ing arrau gements. To brighten the Dem
ocratic party from its purpose they loudly
insist that revision of the tarlf would
lead to Democratic defeat and loss of
power in the next Presidential election.
II their ancient appeals to ignorant
prejudice and partisan fear should be
needed the work Of revenue reform would
be postponed until the grip of monopoly
shall have become more securely tighten
ed upon the industries and business OF
the country. But the people OF the
United States are thoroughly aroused to
the necessity OF revenue reform, and
they will brook no further obstruction or
delay. L. the condition OK the public f.
nances, with 500. 900, 900 of surplus in
the Treasury, TO delay legislation
would be to invite serious dangers TO the
business interests of the people. To re-
peal the fiscal revenues from whisky and
tobacco would be al act of supreme legis-
lative folly. To waste the surplus reyen-
ues in extravsgant expenditures Is 81 a.
tentative to reducing taxation would be a
political crime. Nothing remains, then,
but rs speedily reduce the custom house
taxes upon raw materials of labor and
necasssries Of living.